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[quote=Anonymous]For your child, nothing.  The non-test is counted against the school, though.

There have been some VERY real consequences for schools who do not close achievement gaps for MSA, including "good" schools who have small populations of ESOL/Special Ed/FARMs/non-white students.  Scores for ALL these groups must be in a certain range or progress at a certain rate, or the school faces serious action.  That is what has caused this intense pressure.  Schools get very little for having good scores (other than being left alone), but are in dire straits if scores come back lower.  I understand parents who say it's no big deal because their kids' school is very affluent or otherwise "good," but ALL the students must perform for the school to be "MSA-good."  Otherwise, the data looks as though these groups are falling through the cracks and their needs are not being met.

I don't love the idea of my own kids sitting for this test, but it's very interesting to read these boards and comments on what schools are good/bad, based on the ESOL/FARMs rate and the MSA scores (usually from parents who do not have children at the school).  Everyone wants the data of MSA passing rates, yet some parents don't want their kids to have to contribute to that data.[/quote]

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